Elmer Jacob Schnackenberg

Judge Elmer Jacob Schnackenberg

Personal

Birthday:

8/22/1889

Birthplace:

Indianapolis, IN

Date of Death:

9/15/1968

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1912-1945
State representative, Illinois, 1912-1913, 1922-1944; speaker, 1941-1944
General attorney, South Park Commissioners, Chicago, Illinois, 1925-1930
Judge, Illinois Circuit Court, Cook County, 1945-1954

Education

Name of School:

University of Chicago Law School

The University of Chicago Law School occupies a unique niche among this country's premier law schools. Located on a residential campus in one of America 's great cities, Chicago offers a rigorous and interdisciplinary professional education that blends the study of law with the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences. Students, faculty, and staff form a small, tightly knit community devoted to the life of the mind. Learning is participatory. Chicago does not seek to impose a single viewpoint or style of thought on its students. Instead, our faculty exposes students to contrasting views, confident in students' abilities to choose their own paths.

Degree:

LL.B.

Degree Year:

1912

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Court Name:

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

President Nominating:

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

2/9/1954

Termination Date:

9/15/1968

Termination Reason:

Death